DmanYYZ Posted August 23, 2006 Posted August 23, 2006 An explanation please. Where's my thing? Gangster of Boats is an extraordinary instrumental. The vagary of it's title is a bit bothersome however. Can someone tell me the meaning behind the title and if it's part IV, what happened to parts 1-3? And why is it a trilogy if there are 4 parts? Basing my question on the premise that there is a story behind the title and no question is a stupid one if the answer is not obvious. Like, "Fear parts II, III, and IV" can we expect other parts for gangster of boats to emerge in reverse order? Still waiting for Fear I. Thanks D
Ghost of a Rider Posted August 23, 2006 Posted August 23, 2006 My guess is that "Gangster of Boats" refers to pirates.
Hemispheric Waves Posted August 23, 2006 Posted August 23, 2006 Fear part 1 is The Enemy Within on GUP. Gangster of Boats and part 4 of a trilogy is just them being funny.
PRSCE Posted August 23, 2006 Posted August 23, 2006 Yeah, I was listening to Geddy and Big Al on the radio when Bones came out here Los Angeles and this one fan called in and he sounded like he knew that there was some super-brilliant explanation for the "Pt. IV Gangster of Boats Trilogy" sub-title but he couldn't figure it out. There was a slight pause and you could "see" Geddy & Big Al through the radio looking at each other like..."wtf!?...boy do we feel bad to let this guy down". Then Geddy said, "It was just an attempt at a joke". Big Al then finished the thought with, "Not a very good one apparently". They laughed and apologized for the "Anti-climactic answer".
GeddyRulz Posted August 23, 2006 Posted August 23, 2006 Rush fans tend to take the band and their music so seriously that jokes are often mis-interpreted as something much deeper. This is a good example. Another one would be that bogus warning label during "La Villa Strangiato" on the ASOH video. It seems like nobody got that one, either. "What did it mean when you grabbed Geddy's nose during the 7/14 Atlanta show?" Uhhh... relax, professor. Not everything has some deep philosophical meaning; sometimes we just like to have fun.
fledgehog Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 I remember reading somewhere that it came about by the boys threatening to Geddy to entitle an album "Gangster of Boats", and the part IV thing was just humourous i guess...
steelcaressed Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 QUOTE (PRSCE @ Aug 23 2006, 04:30 PM) Yeah, I was listening to Geddy and Big Al on the radio when Bones came out here Los Angeles and this one fan called in and he sounded like he knew that there was some super-brilliant explanation for the "Pt. IV Gangster of Boats Trilogy" sub-title but he couldn't figure it out. There was a slight pause and you could "see" Geddy & Big Al through the radio looking at each other like..."wtf!?...boy do we feel bad to let this guy down". Then Geddy said, "It was just an attempt at a joke". Big Al then finished the thought with, "Not a very good one apparently". They laughed and apologized for the "Anti-climactic answer". This is very similar to a Rockline intv promoting Different Stages. Al explained that it was nothing, it just sounded cool. The boys do have a very dry sense of humour. I'm sure there is a private joke somewhere in there for the boys, they just choose not to reveal it to their fans.
DmanYYZ Posted August 24, 2006 Author Posted August 24, 2006 Well thanks for the answers. Yea I wasn't looking for any deep meaning for anything, I mean a joke is a joke and that's what I figured. They do have a pretty decent sense of humor. I used to hear them when I would stay up late as a kid on "The King Bisquit Flour Hour". They laughed and joked a lot and seemed very comfortable teasing each other. One year when they were in Oklahoma City they played a lick from the Orange Blossum Special for us "Okies" . It was mind blowing actually. And how about Geddy's boy scalping him some tickets on the inside of DS.
Maddy Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 QUOTE (DmanYYZ @ Aug 24 2006, 10:51 AM) And how about Geddy's boy scalping him some tickets on the inside of DS. Not mention Alex in a straitjacket...
PRSCE Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 Another amusing example of Big Al's humor was in the g/p program. There's a picture in there of him where his guitar is next to his face. The headstock says, "Sportscaster"...let me tell you, that picture started a fight between two of my friends back when we were in high school. One was a die hard RUSH fan like me (Jo) and the other didn't give a crap about the band (Pa). Jo said that he was going to find that guitar and buy it--Pa said, "Dork, it's a joke obviously". That started an animated but "friendly" fight. Years later Jo apologized for being blinded by his dedication to RUSH.
*Limelight* Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 some info: QUOTE "Gangster of Boats" comes from the persistent threat from Geddy and Alex to title an album Gangster of Boats and never became an actual "concept" the same way that Rush's "Fear" trilogy had.
DmanYYZ Posted August 25, 2006 Author Posted August 25, 2006 Right On. Now that's some info and I won't ask how you know this. Thanks a bunch.
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